Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Auburn reports more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Auburn’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C for safety: #69 of 78 graded towns in Maine.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of ME” is every other Maine city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Auburn
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Maine towns on Auburn’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Lewiston (C). Minot, Poland, Durham, Greene and New Gloucester have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Maine towns, lower
Maine’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Auburn’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 12% of the 78 Maine towns we grade, against 27% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Auburn is home to Central Maine Community College, with 2,927 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 6% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Auburn has 16,564 jobs based in town for 25,441 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Auburn’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is rising
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Maine.
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| Year | Auburn property | Rest of Maine property | Auburn violent | Rest of Maine violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.9 | 15.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 20.9 | 13.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 24.3 | 14.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 22.9 | 11.7 | 2.3 | 1.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Auburn’s police reported 148 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.1 in the rest of Maine and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Auburn | Rest of Maine | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 23 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
642 crimes reported in 2025
59 violent and 583 property, as reported to the FBI by Auburn’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
15 people died in crashes on Auburn’s roads in 2019–2023
Auburn had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 15 people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is 12.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Maine towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.7, 78 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Auburn and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Minot, Poland, Durham, Greene and New Gloucester have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Maine towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn | C | 2.0 | 22.7 |
| Scarborough | B+ | 0.6 | 10.5 |
| Brunswick | B | 0.8 | 10.4 |
| South Portland | B | 0.8 | 11.9 |
| Sanford | C | 1.8 | 24.9 |
| Biddeford | C− | 3.0 | 24.3 |
The five graded Maine towns closest to Auburn’s population (25,441), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Auburn. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Auburn’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (25,487 in 2025); our figure for Auburn is 25,441 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Auburn
Is Auburn, ME safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Auburn reports more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #69 of 78 in Maine. Its police reported 2.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.1 in the rest of Maine and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Auburn?
2.0 violent and 22.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Maine reports 1.1 and 13.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Auburn?
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Auburn in 2025?
Auburn’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Auburn safer than Lewiston?
Lewiston reports less crime per resident than Auburn: Lewiston grades C for safety and Auburn C. Lewiston’s police reported 2.7 violent and 15.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Auburn?
Auburn’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Auburn”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.